At first Browns Bay has the restaurant Asian Wok serving Yum Cha & Cantonese cuisine, and now the…read moreowner has opened up the same on Lincoln Rd in Henderson. The sign stood there for several months stating " Yum Cha coming soon "...and we waited ..and waited..and now just last night it opened. At last!! Tucked in the back of the building at 130 Lincoln Rd it has a lot of parking , so no worries in regards to that. Upon entering just now you would notice the walls are pretty bare of any form of decoration, but i would think that they would want to " jazz " it up sometime soon. The welcome was good and we were shown quickly to a table. It was quiet when we arrived but upon leaving it had picked up quite a bit, including in two of the three private rooms they have. Anyway looking at the menu we ordered the Beef with cashew nut, cumin  lamb with pancake ( or bun if you rather call it that ) and as even at 7pm some of the Yum Cha menu was still available we ordered the blue egg porridge, bbq pork bun and custard bun. The porridge was the best i have tasted for a long time...sssoooo delicious!!...but don't forget them buns ... definitely tasty too. As for the other dishes... the beef was okay , but the lamb was far better. Maybe it's because i am partial to the dishes where you eat the meat wrapped inside the bun or pancake. They don't have a liquor licence yet, but you can still BYO. So anyway overall service was great, food was good ( the porridge being outstanding! ), atmosphere inside despite lack of decoration was very good and price reasonable. We will definitely be back again at the proper Yum Cha time!

One of the top 50 cheap eats venues of Auckland and deservedly so. This family run establishment in…read morethe heart of New Lynn offers wholesome and tasty Chinese dishes at incredibly reasonable prices. For $25 per head, we sampled around ten dishes including half crispy, half booked pork wontons, sweet and sour pork, pork belly in sticky XO sauce, salt and pepper pork, black pepper beef, shanghai noodles and twice cooked Peking duck! Meals were served in the order that they were prepared - hot off the pan. There's a BYO wine policy, a fridge full of soft drinks and if you want a water glass, you'll have to bring your own seeing as all they have for tea are cups. Sweet honest fare and well worth the trek if you live further afield. This place deserves to become a cult classic.

The most amazing squid rings and prawns one can get to taste on the shore. Different ways of…read morepreparations if u r a sea food lover from just steamed, to garlic , to spicy u name it. Not at all pricy and excellent quality. Peking duck a must try but book in advance not to be disappointed. A proper Chinese restaurant and a cut above the rest on the shore :) heaps of parking off site and seating for around 50-60 at least....enjoy

My favourite cheap eat anywhere, bar none!! Don't come here for the decor unless you're into white…read morewalls, and don't come here for a panoramic view unless you're into carparks and Blockbuster video rental stores. However, if it's damn tasty Chinese food in massive portions for sweet bugger all money, then you've definitely come to the right place!! Judging by how full this place gets these days, word of mouth has spread - plenty of people are down for cheap and cheerful! Gather your friends or family, bring a bottle down (BYO only, no drinks menu - no corkage!!!), and get a few of the big dishes to share. Everything's great (and nothings more than $10-$15), but I recommend the salt and pepper squid, the beans, the satay beef (comes out sizzling!) and the sweet and sour pork. Awesome awesome place, just make sure you book ahead on a Fri/Sat night and don't expect great service or ambiance.

I don't know if I have ever eaten so much food for so little money!…read more I'm told Mr Zhou was the previous owner of New Flavour and plenty of dishes are the similar to what you'll find there but what surprised me is that, contrary to the name, Mr Zhou does a whole heap more than dumplings. Don't worry there's still plenty of those doughy delights but there's also hand-pulled noodles, savoury pancakes and this refreshingly zingy salad of cucumber and tofu that fans of New fFavour will know well. Seriously, how does this man find the time.... The interior isn't much to write home about with only a couple of cheap tables and chairs but the food comes out fresh and fast and of course, there's takeaway. You can even purchase the dumplings frozen for $2 less than the menu price to cook at home. I know what I'll be serving at my next dinner party....

Mr Zhou's is one of those places that you hear about from friends. It's not in a trendy area, it…read moredoesn't have much ambience, the service ain't much to write home about BUT the food is finger-lickin' good. The ambience is definitely "takeaway vibe". There are only about 3-4 small tables, and the food is served in plastic takeaway containers. On the night we visited they were doing a roaring takeaway trade. The owners used to run New Flavour, so they know their way around homemade dumplings, hand-pulled noodles & tasty Chinese food. The menu is very similar to New Flavour, so dumplings are a must - choose from such flavours, and my personal favourites, of Pork, prawn & chives, Mutton & onion and Egg, chives & prawn. You can order them steamed or fried, or even frozen to take them away & cook at home! Other dish recommendations are: Sliced dried tofu & cucumber salad if you can handle a tangy hit of chilli in the dressing, the Fried pancakes, any of the noodle dishes and the Deep-fried eggplant with pork mince stuffing. In fact, give me time & I'd probably list the entire menu! Would love to hear some other tried & true favourites though. Cheap, cheerful Chinese - you can't go wrong!

First stop in the land of new Zealand food so far not to say delicious but we have not had seafood…read moreso I will report we landed late so not many place to get a bit after 10 with a holiday the next day came to this small strip of Asia food. Next having Maori food let see how that goes .

Took ten minutes to get seated. They will give tables to Asians who arrived later before other…read morepeople. Then once we were finally seated they ignored us. After 40 minutes of telling them we were ready to order we just left. Smelt like shit in there too so it's probably for the best.

We went into this restaurant as the one we had wanted to go to was closed.. Anyway, to begin we…read morewere forced to go and ask staff for menu after noone at all acknowledged our presence. And they had acknowledged two couples that had come in after us!!! So instant service rating already 1/5. The food took a while to appear, but once it did... not bad. We had ordered the mixed smoked meats in table wok & sweet and sour chicken. The mixed meats were spicy as and the chicken the same, but a little less. Despite this i managed to eat it with the aid of a cold drink. I also discovered at the end of the meal that there was some coriander in with the mixed meats, this is one ingredient I hate profusely. At least in this instance though there was coriander in it, it was little. But still a little is enough to make me feel sick!!! Anyway both dishes were okay, but the quantity of mixed meat you get for the price is not fair. Too much for too little!!! Anyway overall not that great a place.

Holy duck this is good. I only went here for the first time recently, and since then have gone…read moreabout 5 times. When you call up to book, you can order a duck - $60. Or two, whatevs. Then when you get there you choose 3 ways you want it done. We got in little pancakes with hoisin sauce and greens, as a mix thing in lettuce cups and as a soup. Crikey everything was so good. And one duck can feed like five people comfortably so think how cheap it is! This is the best Peking Duck i've ever tried, and because of the eating style you don't leave feeling like crap. It caters amazingly well to big groups AND its BYO shaawing!! The decor is quite traditional - no fuss, you almost feel like you're in someones home. And the tables are big and circular. Service is polite and attentive. Man I love this place, think I might go for my birthday. or just a Tuesday.

We are keen Chinese food lovers and we were very charmed by this place. We ask for some Pekin Duck…read moreand they made the effort to share one with another larger group to satisfy us. Thank you

So great, prices are AMAZING. I usually get $4 chips (only tried these) and I often can't finish…read morethem there are so many. They're so salty and fluffy and perfect, top 5 chip places in Auckland for sure (trust me I'm a chip expert).

You know a place is good when every park in the street is taken up by people waiting for their…read moremeal. On the Saturday night we came here, every waiting seat was taken and there were about ten people milling around on the outside, as well as people constantly coming in to pick up phone orders. Golden Bridge is a standard takeaway, but one with great prices - they do a chow mein for five dollars which is full of vegetables, crispy oodles and meat. We ended up going for the silver platter - three meals all dumped on one big metal tray . For less then ten dollars each, Four of us had seconds and some left over for breakfast the next morning. They didn't skimp on the prawns in the combination meat either, which came as a bit of a shock. You know what your getting when you come here, but they do an excellent job of it.